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Title: The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs
Identifier: americanbookofdo00shie (find matches)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Shields, G. O. (George O. ), 1846-1925, ed
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: Chicago, Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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292 THE AMEEICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. from eyes and ears-down perfectly smootli; ears twenty-one inches from point to point of leather, and twenty-five inches from point to point of feather. The head is crow^ned with a well-defined top-knot, which stands erect, and is not strag- gling across, like that of the common rough water dog, but comes down in a peak on the forehead, giving the head and face much of the appearance of a merino sheep. His body is covered with small crisp curls, wiiich extend along the
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IRISH WA" ._f-, _- ' liENNIS O'DONOGHUE. Owned by Mr. C. B. Rodes, Moberly, Mo. tail about three inches. From there to the sting the tail is smooth. His color is pure liver. The standard as adopted by the English Spaniel Club, hereinafter given, meets my approval, except as to the top- knot, which in my judgment should not fall over the eyes, but should stand erect. Mr. J. S. Skidmore, a noted English breeder of Irish Water Spaniels, pays this w^ell-deserved tribute to the good qualities of the breed: To a sportsman of limited means, or one who is not prepared to keep a team of dogs, the Irish Water Spaniel is the most useful dog he can have,
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